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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators rally at DFL convention
Demonstrators rallied outside the DFL convention in Duluth on Saturday calling for an end to the war in Gaza. Many delegates are withholding support to Democrats who refuse to call for an immediate cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hamas.
Stuck at sea for years, a sailor's plight highlights a surge in shipowner abandonment
The United Nations over the last decade has logged an increasing number of crew members abandoned by shipowners around the world. That’s left sailors aboard months and sometimes years without pay. 
President Biden unveils and endorses details of a new Israeli cease-fire proposal
President Joe Biden gave remarks on the Middle East at the White House on Friday. He said it is time for the war in Gaza to end and discussed a “road map” to a cease-fire agreement.
What to know about the 'space weapon' the U.S. says Russia recently launched
The U.S. accusation, which Russia denies, raises questions about how a satellite might be used as a weapon in low Earth orbit and how close the two countries are to developing such a military tool.
South Korea says the North has flown balloons carrying trash over the border
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said North Korea has been flying balloons carrying trash toward the South in an apparent retaliation to anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets flown across the border.
Fort Snelling Memorial Day Service honors WWII vets ahead of 80th D-Day anniversary
A Memorial Day service at Fort Snelling National Cemetery paid extra tribute to World War II veterans Monday, as the 80th anniversary of D-Day approaches in June — and as the state continues to lose veterans who fought at that time.
An Israeli airstrike killed 45 Palestinians in an encampment for displaced people
The Gaza health ministry said that an airstrike in Rafah on Sunday killed 45 Palestinians and injured dozens more. It said that there are still victims under the rubble and that the majority of those killed were women and children.